Furniture-gaster



(No Model.) 2 sheets-4,11@et1A W. T. KOSINSKI.

FURNITURE GASTER.'

No. 252,954. Patented Jan. 31,1882.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

W. T. KOSINSKI.

FURNITURE GASTER.

No. 252,954. Patented Jan. 31,1882.

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MTE STATES Aram* OFFICE.

FURNlTURENGSTER.l

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,954, dated January31,- 1882. Application mea August 7, leso. (N6 model.)

To alt whom .it may concern:

Be it known that I, WLADvsLAw T. Kos1NsKI,a citizenot the United States,resident at Brooklyn,in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new'and useful ImprovementsinFurniture-Oasters; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and tol'etters orfigures ofreferencemarked Thisinventionrelatesto certainimprovements in that classof protectors for bedsteads, tables, and other articles of furniturewhich are provided with an annular receptacle for poison and a suitablehood or shield to form a barrier against the ascent ot' insects andvermin.

The objects of the invention are to provide suitable means whereby thepoison-receptacle and shield or hood may be applied to the shank of anysized support, as more fully hereinafter specified. These objects Iattain bythe devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l represents a view, partly in section and partlyin elevation,showing my invention; and Fig, 2 represents a view ot' a lnoditicationof my invention.

The letterAindicatcs the shank of a caster, which is provided with theusual bifurcated extension, A', having the roller B suitably journaledbetween its members.

The letter D indicates an annular cup, secured to a metallic tube orcylinder, D, in any convenient manner. The said tube or cylinder isslotted at its extremities, as indicated bythe lettcr'd, and the partsbent inwardly, so that when applied to the shank A they, by theirelasticity, will embrace the shank and hold the cup thereto byfrictional contact. The cylinder D is made ot' sufficient diameter toset over the shanks of the largest casters in the market, the splitelastic extremities adapting it to hold upon all smaller sizes.

The letter G indicates an annular shield or hood, which is secured tothe shank A above the cup D. The said hood or shield is concavo-convexin shape, and is arranged with its concave side downward, the edgeprojecting over the edge of the cup D. rllhe shield or hood is securedto a tube, C, which is slotted at its extremities, so as to spring andhold upon v the shank A, similarly to the cylinder D. The cylinder D isprovided with a packing, d, ot' ti brous, textile, orothcr suitablematerial,which sets around the shank A and prevents said shank andcylinder from rusting together.

It is evident that my improvement may be applied to the ordinarysupports of articles of' furniture where casters are not used, such asthe legs of tables, bedsteads, and the like.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

In combination with the supports of an article offurniture, the cup Dand hood C', secured to the cylinders D and O, the said cylinders beingslotted or split at their extremities and adapted to spring and bindupon the supports, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses. l

XV. T. KOSINSKI. Vitnesscs:

E. H. BRADFORD, A. H. NOR-urs.

